Shipbuilding and Fleet Repair in the PTO with Sal Mercogliano – Episode 549

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

Naval History And Heritage Command, History, Imperial Japanese Navy, Sam Cox, Admiral King, Cruisers, Spruance, Fargo, Seth Paridon, Fighters, Pacific War, Stavridis, Cactus Air Force, December 7, Station Hypo, William Toti, Bombers, Bill Toti, Navy, Halsey, Submarines, Society & Culture, Education, Us Navy, Mush Morton, Cincpoa, Documentary, Guadalcanal, Imperial Japan, World War Ii, Midway, Aircraft Carriers, Cryptology, Wake Island, Nimitz, Cincpac, Macarthur, Pearl Harbor, Wahoo, Courses, Battleships, New Guinea

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🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 117 minutes

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This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall welcome back buddy Sal Mercogliano @wgowshipping to talk about US Navy shipbuilding and fleet repair in the Pacific theater of Operations. The guys get into several Admirals you’ve probably never heard of and dive into the Navy’s shipbuilding programs that began during the mid-1930’s and rolled through to the Two Ocean Navy Act. The sheer amount of vessels constructed is mind blowing! Then the guys get into the absolutely fascinating topic of at sea, or in theater ship repair, how it evolved from 1942 until 1945 when if a ship git hit, she rarely needed to go home to be fixed. Amazing how everything evolved. #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal #china #burma #oil

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hello and welcome to episode 549 of the unauthorized history of Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth Periden, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum. And with me, as always, is my co-host and his purple shirt.
0:54.0	Historian author author a good buddy
0:55.3	john partial how are you this fine i don't even know what the hell today is march day john march day i'm
1:01.0	i am exhausted but triumphant uh as of like 9 p.m last night after 50 hours plus of work in four
1:09.7	days to rework my index.
1:11.7	I have laid out the entire book, end, end, 1,280 pages long.
1:17.7	Good.
1:18.6	Gracious gosh, almighty.
1:19.6	That is in the sack.
1:21.3	But yes, so anyway.
1:23.4	And we are delighted to be joined by our, just look at your shirt, Sal, just thank you for,
1:33.5	for, you know, getting, you know, being with the vibe and all that. So, Sal Marcaugliano, who is with us again,
1:42.6	owner of the, what's happening with shipping, And I botched that. What is the,
1:48.1	what is the true channel name, Sal? What's going on with shipping?
1:51.1	Going on. Yes, what's going on with shipping with 10 times our subscriber base. Look at your
1:57.4	bad self. Anyway, thank you for being here with us, Sal. No, thank you for having me on the channel again i it's a honor and a pleasure to be back and i had to go full tom selic here for you just for today's uh today today today's moustache man i am missing the moustache i'm tried the moustache it doesn't work very well plus when you don't have the full head of hair it just doesn't look quite as good and you know there are people that can pull that off and there are people
2:20.0	that cannot and i am most certainly one of those that cannot and i can i can grow it but i don't look
2:27.4	very good no i'm the same way it just it doesn't work very well, so just go without it.
2:34.8	Yeah.
2:36.9	Yeah, my wife used to have a name for that and that. It's rather rude, so I shouldn't bring it up on this episode.
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